Power to prohibit delivery of public harangues, etc

Power to prohibit delivery of public harangues, etc.-( 1) The District Magistrate may, whenever and for such time as he may consider necessary, by public notice or by order direct to individuals, prohibit the delivery of public harangues, the use of gesture or mimetic representations and the preparation, exhibition or dissemination of pictures, symbols placards or any other object or thing, which-

1. (i) may be of a nature to outrage morality or decency; or
2. (ii) are likely, in the opinion of the Magistrate, to inflame religious animosity or hostility between different classes, or to incite to the commission of an offence, to a disturbance of the public peace, or to resistance to law or lawful authority.

1. (2) No prohibition under this section shall remain in force for more than fifteen days unless the Government, by notification in the Gazette, otherwise direct.